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Lockheed Martin To Provide Cargo Services Through 2014

NASA has awarded a contract with a potential value of $171
million for support of International Space Station cargo mission
services to Lockheed Martin. The contract will support planning,
coordination, preparation and packing of standardized containers
for cargo missions to the station by international partner and
commercial cargo vehicles. Lockheed Martin will process flight crew
equipment including clothing and personal hygiene items,
housekeeping items, audio and video equipment, laptop computers,
batteries and crew survival equipment. The contract also includes
provisions to support similar services for future vehicles to the
station.

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A three-month phase-in period and the three-year basic period of
the cost-plus-award-fee contract have a total estimated value of
$85 million. The contract phase-in period begins Jan. 1, 2011. The
basic period extends from April 1, 2011, through March 31, 2014.
Exercising four one-year extension options worth a total of $86
million would bring the contract value to $171 million.

Work on the contract will be performed at NASA's Johnson Space
Center in Houston and other Texas locations. Major Texas
subcontractors include Bastion Technologies and Dittmar Associates,
both of Houston; GHG Corp. of Webster; LZ Technology in Alvin;
Rothe Enterprises in San Antonio; and the University of Texas at El
Paso.